Hello!  If you’re on this page, that means that you’d like to send us some money!  That’s swell! Thank you!  From what we’ve learned, no bank in Albania has the ability to host a web-based credit card payment system, so we are limited to the old-fashioned bank transfer, until we think of something clever-er.  (If anyone has any ideas, please DO let us know!)

Donations in Euros, Albanian Lek, or US Dollars (to support our various – mostly self-financed!- projects) can be transferred to the appropriate bank account of our NGO. You can read about what we’re currently working on here: http://www.journeytovalbona.com/good/.

Account Name:  Shoqata Akomodimit Valbone

Raiffeisen Bank SHA

Rr.Kavajes, Nr.44

Tel.  00355 4 2381 381

Fax. 00355 4 2275 599

Customer Number:   332689

SWIFT:   SGSBALTX

Lek:   IBAN AL90 2025 7008 0000 0000 00332689

Dollars:   IBAN AL40 2025 7008 0000 0000 01332689

Euro:   IBAN AL87 2025 7008 0000 0000 02332689

Please ask the bank to include a “memo” field which tells us what you’d like us to use it for. It’s probably a good idea to follow this up with an email to us:  shoqata@journeytovalbona.com.  We intend to let everyone know exactly what their donation is used for.  We believe that all human interactions are mutual, and that no exchange is ever uni-directional — therefore (if you like) we would like to stay in touch with you, and let you know how your gift grows!

If you are wanting to pre-pay a reservation for services, the transfer will have to go here:

Account Name:  Catherine Bohne

Raiffeisen Bank SHA

Rr.Kavajes, Nr.44

Tel.  00355 4 2381 381

Fax. 00355 4 2275 599

Customer Number:   431733

SWIFT:   SGSBALTX

Lek:   IBAN AL45 2025 7008 0000 0000 01431733

Dollars:   IBAN AL95 2025 7008 0000 0000 00431733 

Euro:  IBAN AL92 2025 7008 0000 0000 02431733

Again, please ask the bank to include a “memo” field which tells us what this is for, and don’t forget to send an email to catherine@journeytovalbona.com letting us know you’ve sent something.

Please Note:  We’ve hidden this page mostly because we are NOT an impersonal automated service.  We do NOT have one of those “click the buttons for your choices and then pay the total” website services where you can never talk to an actual human being (or ask a question!).   And anyhow, if we hung this page out in the open, all sorts of people might start sending us money, and just think how confusing that could get!